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100 1 _aHulbert, Archer Butler,
_d1873-1933
245 1 0 _aPioneer Roads and Experiences of Travelers (Volume 1)
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2012
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aHistoric Highways of America, Vol. 11
500 _aRelease date is 2012-10-15
508 _aProduced by Greg Bergquist and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
520 _a"Pioneer Roads and Experiences of Travelers (Volume 1)" by Archer Butler Hulbert is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book delves into the evolution of American highways, tracing their origins from Indian trails to the macadamized roads that began defining travel in the United States. It explores significant routes such as Braddock's Road and Zane's Trace, along with the experiences of early travelers who navigated these increasingly vital pathways. The opening of the book sets the stage for an in-depth exploration of how early American roads developed over time. It discusses the primitive conditions of trails established by Indigenous peoples and the early settlers' adaptations to enhance them for larger loads, particularly during the burgeoning pack-horse era. Through rich descriptions, Hulbert invites readers to visualize the challenging and often agonizing journeys taken by travelers in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, detailing the impact of road conditions on daily life and commerce, while foreshadowing the changes that would accompany the advent of more advanced road systems. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aFrontier and pioneer life -- Ohio River Valley
653 _aPennsylvania -- Description and travel
653 _aRoads -- Ohio River Valley
653 _aKentucky -- Description and travel
830 0 _aHistoric Highways of America, Vol. 11
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41067
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